Necktie-supporting device.



A. HUYCHYNSUNIY.

HECKTIE SUPPORTING DEVICE' APPLncATmN FILED JAM. ao. 191?,

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ALFRED EUTCHINSN, F CLEVELAND, 02H10.

NECKTIE-S'UPPORTING BE'VICE.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, Anm-"cnn ll-lu'rcrrinson, subject ot Great Britain, residing at `@Elefvelnnd, in the county oit @uyahoga and ci hio, have invented a certain new and usetul improvement in Necktie-Supporting Devices, oi' which the tollowi is u lull, clear, and enact description, re erence being had to the 'accompanying drawob'ect ot' this invention is toprovide f cjve Mernovable neclrtie support about or scarl ot ribbon :torni may be wound into a lrnot, which may then be mounted on collar stud and retained me by the stud and the wings of the ln accomplishing this l have proded a very simple, cheap and light supig device which has wings adapted to nt oeliind the collar deps, a downwardly enf riding portion to support the tie loop or lrnot, and a suitable retaining device to enthe collar stud. lily support may be so shaped as to hold the tie with the crossing portion or lrnot having the desired convex torni, both horizontally and vertically, giving it the attractive appearance ot a fourin-hand.

@ne ot the advantages of my device is that it enables a tie to Vbe put in place on a collar while the latter is buttoned onto the wearers shirt. Accordingly, it is unnecessary to remove the collar to change the tie. Another advantage is that it enables the use of the ordinary comparatively cheap ribbon scarf for a bow-tie after the manner ot a tour-in-hand. A much shorter tie may thus be used with the consequent saving in cost.

My device not only is readily attachable to the collar, and avoids the necessity of passing the tie completely around the collar, as above stated, but the device also serves to lieep the scarf in goodlcondition, so that it is not subjected to the wear usually incident to bein tied in a hard knot or drawn back and orth across the collar stud.

My device is illustrated in the drawings hereof, and is hereinafter more fully described and claimed. In these drawinugs, ar

Figure l is a front elevation of a co with the tie and the supporting device in place; Fig. 2 is a similar yiew on a lar er scale of the support and tie removed; 1g. 3 is a front elevation of the support; Flg. 4

Bpecilcatlon of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. d, Mild.

Application mail January 30. 1917. Serial No. Mt.

is a vertical central section Aot the support in place; Fig. 5 is a cross section substantially on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3; llig. 6 is a view of the clip which secures the device to the collar stud.

The body of my supporting device, as shown in the drawings, consists oi a substantially dat arc-shaped plate A, providing the desired lateral wings Yfor engaging the collar daps, and a downwardly extending outwardly bowed central tongue B, secured to the plate il., and adapted to support the tie knot. rThese parts may readily f be made oi metal, Celluloid, or other suitable material. its shown the part il is secured to the part il by eyelet rivets C.

The tongue portion ld is outwardly bowed centrally, as illustrated at l) in Fig. l, while transversely this part is constricted to give it a substantial ll-shape at its center, as appears in Fig. 5, and at E in Fig. 3. This peculiar shape is adapted to cause the tie, where it crosses the tongue horizontally and vertically, to have substantially the appearance of a four-in-hand knot.

D, in lligs. 2, 3, t and 6, indicates a clip adapted to fasten the device to the front collar stud. IThis consists of a suitable plate having a key-hole opening (l therein. 'lhe fastening clip D is secured to the vertical tongue B by means of an elastic cord E.

lt is very convenient to loop the elastic cord E in the following manner: It is doubled on itself and looped through two openings al of the fastening clip; then the two reaches c of the cord pass to the under side of the tongue B and through openings b3 therein, out to the front, as shown at e', thence through a central openin b4 in the tongue and upwardly side by side on the rear side of the tongue, being securedV to the tongue near the upper end. To eliectively anchor the elastic cord to the tongue B, and at the same time allow ready removal for the substitution of a new cord, I prefer to provide a key-hole opening in the upper portion of the tongue, through which a knot at the end of the elastic cord may be passed and caught. As shown two reaches of the cord come forwardly through an opening b5 in the tongue, and then pass rearwardly into a key-hole opening 66. The knot e2 at the upper end of the cord is readily passed through this opening, but is caught behind the reduced lower extension or key-hole portion of the opening. The

above arrangement is a convenient, though not a necessary way, of elastically secg the clip to the ton e piece.

lt will be seen t at my supporting device is extremely simple in construction and operation, consisting primarily oi the main support, the attaching clip, and the elastic connection. between the two.

In placing the tie on the support it is very convenient to hold. the support facing .lorvvardly in the left hand; then to double the tie into a single loop and hang itover the top of the arc-shaped piece with one length oi it, T, Fig. 2, hanging down on the front of the arc-shaped piece; then the rear portion is brought from beneath the arc-shaped piece around. over the front portion and over the tongue piece horizontally as at T2, and then passed upwardly behind the arenal member and then pulled down through the transverse or knot portion thus provided, producing the front liep T3. The operation described brings the scarf `into the form shown in Figs. l and 2, which corresponds in ap earance to a tied iour-in-hand scarf.

'Ehe above described method of tying the scarf is only one of several ways ci' mounting the tie on the support. Some find it moreconvenient to loop the tie first about their fingers and then pass the support into place through the tie loops thus rovided, then withdrawin the lingers an pulling the tie' with soient tightness about the support, or two'portions of the tie may he intatte looped or twisted to produce two vbights,

' which are then passed over the wings and the tie drawn to proper tightness.

When the tie has been placed on the support to mount the tie in position within the collar deps, it is only necessary to hook the lastening clip onto the collar stud and pass the wings upwardl behind the flaps oi the collar, or, if desire bend them toward each other and spring them behind the liaps. t

Having thus described my invention, what l claim is:

ln a device of the character described, the combination of a supporting member for the knot of the tie, said member being made ot thin material and bowed outwardly on the iront side to provide a recess at the rear of the member, a thin arc-shaped plate to the inidde of which said member is'riveted at its upper end, a plate provided with an opening adapted to hook over the collar stud, and an elastic cord having a knot at its upper end which occupies and is held by a hey-hole slot in the supporting member, said cord passing downwardly on the front side oi the supporting member and then through a hole to the rear side of the supporting member and then downwardl on the rear side thereof and guided adjacent to the lower end of the support and connected with Ythe plate provided to engage the collar stud.

ln testimony whereof, l hereunto aliix my signature,

ALFRED HUTUHINSON. 

